Isle of Cumbrae
Great Cumbrae is the larger of the two islands known as The Cumbraes in the lower Firth of Clyde in western Scotland. The island is sometimes called Millport, after its main town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 1,430 residents
- Description: larger of the two islands known as The Cumbraes in the lower Firth of Clyde in western Scotland
- Also known as: “Cumbrae”, “Great Cumbrae”, and “Great Cumbrae Island”
- Postal code: KA28
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lady Margaret Hospital and Cathedral of The Isles.
Lady Margaret Hospital
Hospital
Photo: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lady Margaret Hospital is a small 10-bedded hospital at Millport on Great Cumbrae in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
Cathedral of The Isles
Church
Photo: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cathedral of the Isles and Collegiate Church of the Holy Spirit is a Category A listed cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the town of Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae.
The Eileans
Islet
The Eileans are two small, low-lying islands located in Newtown Bay, Millport on the island of Great Cumbrae, Scotland. The name is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic, eilean meaning "island".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Millport and Largs.
Millport
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.
Largs
Largs is a seaside resort on the Clyde coast of Ayrshire, with a population of 10,900 in 2022. It’s where Viking power in Scotland was broken, at the Battle of Largs in 1263, and the Vikingar Exhibition is the town’s main attraction.
Kilchattan Bay
Village
Photo: Andrew Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilchattan Bay is a village on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. It lies on the island's southern end, along the coast road at the foot of a steep hill called the Suidhe Chattan which shields the village from the prevailing westerly wind. Kilchattan Bay is situated 4½ miles west of Isle of Cumbrae.
Isle of Cumbrae
- Category: island
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Western Panjabi—“Isle of Cumbrae” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Cumaradh Mòr”
- Catalan: “Great Cumbrae”
- Cebuano: “Great Cumbrae Island”
- Cebuano: “Isle of Cumbrae”
- Chinese: “大坎布雷島”
- Czech: “Great Cumbrae Island”
- Czech: “Great Cumbrae”
- Dutch: “Great Cumbrae”
- French: “Great Cumbrae”
- German: “Great Cumbrae”
- German: “Isle of Cumbrae”
- Irish: “Cumaradh Mòr”
- Italian: “Great Cumbrae”
- Japanese: “グレート・カンブレー島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cumaradh Mòr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cumbrae”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Great Cumbrae”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isle of Cumbrae”
- Persian: “جزیره کامبریا”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Cumaradh Mòr”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cumaradh Mòr”
- Spanish: “Cumaradh Mor”
- Spanish: “Cumaradh Mòr”
- Spanish: “Cumbrae”
- Spanish: “Great Cumbrae”
- Spanish: “Isla de Cumbrae”
- Swedish: “Great Cumbrae Island”
- Swedish: “Isle of Cumbrae”
- Welsh: “Cumbrae Fawr”
- Western Panjabi: “وڈا کمبرا”
- “Great Cumbrae - Cumaradh Mòr”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great Cumbrae Island and Barbay Hill.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Isle of Cumbrae”. Photo: MacSteaphain, CC BY-SA 3.0.